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Jul

TOP OF THE DAY by Howard Polskin

Greetings! Turkey Day: Trump flew to Turkey last night for the NATO Summit where he’ll peacock before the cameras while henpecking NATO member companies to spend more for their own defense instead of relying so heavily on the U.S. (Reuters)...FrontPage claims it ran the first exposé on Graham Platner last September.  The September 8, 2025, article called him a “fake, working-class oysterman,” and pointed out his privileged background. However, there was nothing about his Nazi tattoo or allegations of sexual misconduct or worse...Speaking of Platner: Maine’s favorite literary son, author and horror master Stephen King, still supports Platner despite the new rape allegation that dropped yesterday. In a post on X, King wrote that he hopes the Maine Senate candidate won’t drop out of the race...Dept. of Corrections. The boss of FIFA is Giovanni Vincenzo Infantino. I omitted his last name in yesterday’s newsletter...A woke-related controversy may be brewing over the July 17 release of the epic adventure film “The Odyssey,” one of 2026’s most anticipated films. According to the right-wing blog Hollywood in Toto, actress Lupita Nyong’o, who plays Helen of Troy, mocks Homer in “needless pandering to modern Left”...Washington Post architecture critic Phil Kennicott has been one of the Trump administration’s fiercest and most vocal critics.  Yesterday’s article in the Jeff Bezos-owned media outlet, which blasted the White House’s vile Smithsonian report, was no exception.  He calls the 160-page report, “a relentlessly tendentious piece of trash.” The White House report accused the National Museum of American History of having a radical bias...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard


Today's Headlines From the Right

Democreeps Only Believe Women When It’s Useful to Them

source: Townhall

The lesson of Graham Platner is simply saying you had a “dark period” in your life is not enough if you’ve been a creep to liberal women, or liberal women too. Sadly, all the people calling for his head now would have been forming a human shield around him had he been accused of raping another Republican.

Dems Stick the Knife in Graham Platner

source: Daily Caller

Democrats who had previously pledged support for Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner have begun pulling their endorsements of the candidate following a new report of sexual assault from Politico.

Goodbye, Graham

source: National Review

We’re witnessing the Democratic establishment’s last mighty attempt to push him out and replace him with a blue-coded functionary.

The Dems and the Media Dropped Platner Because He Was Down in the Polls

source: FrontPage

No one in the party grew a conscience. They did the math.

Graham Platner to Reflect on Inaccurate Reports of Date Rape Allegations

source: Victory Girls

Democrats should’ve canned his ass months ago.

Who Could Have Guessed That Graham Platner Was a Bad Guy?

source: HotAir

If Graham Platner weren't the candidate whom the entire Democratic Party had rallied around, despite everybody already knowing he was a sick puppy, it wouldn't be a national story.

Networks Cover Graham Platner Rape Allegations

source: NewsBusters

But none of the stories featured any Republican reaction or even voter reaction. None of the stories underlined that the accuser, Jenna Racicot, was mostly overlooked in a May NY Times story in favor of Republican ex-girlfriend Lyndsey Fifield, who was dismissed as having partisan motivations – unlike Racicot, who shares Platner’s leftist politics.

The Smithsonian’s Patriotism Problem

source: PJ Media

"Warning: The exhibits in this museum were prepared by people who don't want you to love your country." That's a disclaimer every entrance to the National Museum of American History ought to display, according to a new report by the White House excoriating the Smithsonian Institution and its flagship museum.

Free the Smithsonian and Our History from America-Hating Elites

source: NY Post

The leaders of the Smithsonian Institution are trying to lay a guilt trip on the whole country, using taxpayer dollars to “problematize” the history they’re supposed to preserve.

The American Experiment Is Not Destined to Failure

source: American Thinker

The left has taken over some essential institutions, but we can still win them back, as long as we don’t preemptively concede defeat

The Great American State Fair Is Creating Little Patriots

source: The Federalist

Despite criticism, the Great American State Fair is doing exactly what it was intended to do: create lifelong memories in little patriots.

The Most Important 120 Days in Our History

source: Conservative View from NH

We are 120 days away from Election Day 2026. These 120 days may be the most important in our history, as they could mark a tipping point. November 3, 2026, might be the beginning of a metamorphosis of America from a Democratic Republic to a Socialist or Communist State.

Don’t Panic Over Democratic Socialism

source: American Spectator

Primary-election successes don’t necessarily translate into a national political realignment.

Mamdani’s Embittered July 4 Rant to America

source: American Greatness

Mamdani’s Independence Day message says more about his own politics than the country that gave his family extraordinary opportunity.

Trump Gives July 4 Speech for the Ages

source: Breitbart

President Donald Trump called America “the crowning achievement of human history” and declared “Our destiny is written by God,” during his keynote remarks celebrating America’s 250th birthday on the National Mall Saturday night.

The Unpatriotic Left Won’t Cheer for Team USA Because Trump Helped Right a World Cup Wrong

source: NY Post

It should come as no surprise that those who have allowed Trump’s existence to warp their minds beyond recognition are upset that he may have played some role in securing this remedial action. But the irrational hysterics are the fruit of the destructive, distinctly anti-American worldview of the ascendant progressive left.